Daily Archives: June 4, 2013
NINTH AWARD FOR TITANIC BELFAST VISITOR CENTRE
TITANIC Belfast, Northern Ireland’s visitor attraction and event space, has picked up the Northern Ireland Bureau’s award for Outstanding Contribution to Tourism in 2012.
It's Titanic's ninth award since opening just over a year ago.
More than 800,000 visitors from...more
CARRICK DEALER FINED OVER WRITE-OFF CAR
A CO Antrim car dealer has been fined £300 for misleading a customer.
Blair Buchanan, who trades as Blair Buchanan Car Sales, at Craigs Road, Carrickfergus, failed to tell a buyer the car she bought had been a category C insurance write-off.
Mr Buchanan pleaded guilty...more
WOMAN CHARGED WITH NORTH BELFAST MURDER BID ON PSNI OFFICERS
A 27-year-old woman is to face a court on Wednesday charged with the attempted murder of two police officers during a pipe bomb attack in Belfast.
Belfast Daily can reveal that Christine Connors - who was arrested last Wednesday - is charged with two counts of...more
REVEALED: SCANDAL OF 23,000 HOMES LAYING EMPTY IN NORTHERN IRELAND
SHOCKING figures have been revealed on Tuesday that almost 23,000 homes across Northern Ireland are laying empty.
SDLP Foyle MLA Pat Ramsey said he was "shocked'' to discover that there are so many residential properties sitting vacant in the middle of a social housing...more
LET’S IN FIND A WAY TO USE UP DERRY’S EMPTY HOMES, SAYS SDLP MLA RAMSEY
SDLP Foyle MLA Pat Ramsey said he was "shocked'' to discover that there are almost 800 empty residential properties in the Derry City Council area.
Now the party's chief whip has called on Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland to look at ways of utilising...more
£350K CANNABIS HAUL FOUND IN CUSTOM-MADE BOXES, COURT HEARS
A DRUG gang used custom-made boxes to import a van load of cannabis worth £350,000 into Northern Ireland, the High Court has heard.
And a judge warned prosecutors to speed up progress in the case as they were "living in the last-ditch saloon''.
Prosecutors disclosed...more
CHIPS DOWN FOR BURGER VAN RAIDER AS BAIL REFUSED
A MAN accused of stealing burgers, frozen sausages and cash in a night-time raid on a mobile fast-food unit must has been refused High Court bail.
Philip Hedley was told on Tuesday that he is to remain in custody after prosecutors revealed the break-in caused £1,000...more
REPLICA GUNS FOUND IN BELFAST CITY CENTRE BUILDING RAID
DETECTIVES are hunting a suspect after three replica guns were found after an armed man was reported in a city centre building.
Police sealed off the area of Donegall Street in Belfast after a man was reported pointing a suspected firearm from a window of a building in...more
SWEDE DREAMS AS EUROVISION SINGER’S BROTHER SCOOPS £76K LOTTO PRIZE
IRELAND'S Eurovision contestant Ryan Dolan didn't get the voting numbers to bring the title back home.
But brother Sacha was singing all the way to the bank when he discovered his numbers came up in the Lotto draw.
It was disappointment for Strabane singer Ryan...more
